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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Brett Hull
Selected in
sixth round
No. 117 overall by Calgary Flames
Born
August 9, 1964
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight:
190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Penticton (BCHL)
Birthplace:
Belleville, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: West Vancouver, British
Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
Penticton | BCJHL |
50 | 48 |
56 | 104 |
27 | | 1983-84 |
Penticton | BCJHL |
56 | 105 |
83 | 188 |
20 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
BCJHL Records: Most points in one season (188 for Penticton in
1983-84), most goals in one season (105 for Penticton in 1983-84)
BCJHL Points Leader: 1983-84 (Penticton) (188 points)
BCJHL
Goals Leader: 1983-84 (Penticton) (105 goals)
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1982 or 1983 NHL drafts despite being
eligible both years. ... Lived in Chicago until he was six years old, while his
father was still playing for Black Hawks. ... Moved to Winnipeg with his
family in 1972 after Bobby Hull signed with WHA Jets. ... Moved to Vancouver
area in 1978 after his parents divorced. ... Weighed as much as 220 during
his BCJHL career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: May 20, 1986 (Calgary at Montreal)
(Stanley Cup Finals)
Numbers: 16, 15 (Calgary); 16 (St. Louis);
22, 16
(Dallas);
17 (Detroit);
9 (Phoenix)
Stanley Cup: 1999, 2002.
Playing Status:
Retired October 15, 2005 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1986-2005 | Calg., St. Louis, Dal.,
Detroit, Phoenix |
1,269 | 741 |
650 | 1,391 |
458 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | |
1986-2004 | CGY, STL, DAL, DET |
202 | 103 |
87 | 190 |
73 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hart Trophy: 1990-91 (St. Louis)
Lester B.
Pearson Award:
1990-91 (St. Louis)
Lady Byng Trophy: 1989-90 (St. Louis)
Dodge Ram Tough Award: 1989-90, 1990-91 (St. Louis)
Sporting News
Player of Year: 1990-91 (St. Louis)
Hockey News
Player of Year: 1990-91 (St. Louis)
Pro Set/NHL
Player of Year: 1990-91 (St. Louis)
NHL All-Star Game MVP:
1992 (St. Louis)
NHL All-Star First Team: 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92 (St. Louis)
Sporting News All-Star First
Team: 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92
(St. Louis)
Hockey News All-Star First Team: 1990-91 (St.
Louis)
All-Star Game: 1989, 1990, 1991 (injured, didn't play), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 (St. Louis),
2001 (Dallas)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1986 (Calgary), 2000 (Dallas)
St. Louis MVP: 1989-90, 1990-91
St. Louis Three-Stars Leader:
1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92
St. Louis Captain:
Sept. 26, 1992, until Oct. 23, 1995
NHL Records: Most goals by a
right wing in one season (86 in 1990-91), most career playoff power-play
goals (38), most career playoff game-winning goals (24, tie)
St. Louis Records: Most career
playoff games (102), most career playoff points (117), most career goals
(527), most career playoff goals (67), most career power-play goals (195),
most career playoff power-play goals (25), most career game-winning goals (70),
most career playoff game-winning goals (15), most career hat tricks (27), most
career shots on goal (3,367), most points in one season (131 in 1990-91),
most goals in one season (86 in 1990-91), most power-play goals in one
season (29 in 1990-91 and 1991-92), most game-winning goals in one season
(12 in 1989-90), most shots on goal in one season (408 in 1991-92), most
points by right wing in one season (131 in 1990-91), most goals by a right
wing in one season (86 in 1990-91), most hat tricks in one season (8 in
1991-92), most consecutive hat tricks (2 on Oct. 24-25, 1990), most consecutive
games with at least one point (25 from Nov. 28, 1991, to Jan. 23, 1992),
most consecutive games with at least one goal (13 games from Jan. 22, 1991,
to Feb. 23, 1991 -- missed two games during this stretch with injury), most
points in one playoff year (21 in 1990, shares record), most goals in one
playoff year (13 in 1990, shares record), most game-winning goals in one
playoff year (3 in 1988 and 1990, shares record), most power-play goals in
one playoff year (7 in 1990), most points in a sven-game playoff series (13
vs. Detroit in 1991, shares record), most points in a six-game playoff
series (9 vs. Detroit in 1997, shares record), most goals in a seven-game
playoff series (8 vs. Chicago in 1990 and vs. Detroit in 1991), most goals
in a five-game playoff series (6 vs. Chicago in 1988, shares record), fastest 50 goals in one season (49 games
in 1990-91), most 30-goal seasons (8, shares record), most 100-point seasons
(4, shares record), most consecutive 100-point seasons (4 from 1989-80 to
1992-93), most 40-goal seasons (8), most consecutive 40-goal seasons (6 from
1988-89 to 1993-94), most 50-goal seasons (5 from 1989-90 to 1993-94), most
consecutive 50-goal seasons (5 from 1989-90 to 1993-94), most 60-goal
seasons (3), most consecutive 60-goal seasons (3 from 1989-90 to 1991-92),
most 70-goal seasons (3), most consecutive 70-goal seasons (3 from 1989-90
to 1991-92), most 80-goal seasons (1), most career playoff overtime goals
(2, shares record)
Dallas Records: Most game-winning goals in one season (11 in 1998-99,
shares record)
Detroit Records: Most goals in one playoff year (10
in 2002, shares record)
100-Point Seasons:
1989-90 (St. Louis) (113), 1990-91 (St. Louis) (131), 1991-92 (St. Louis)
(109), 1992-93 (St. Louis) (101)
50-Goal Seasons: 1989-90 (St.
Louis) (72), 1990-91 (St. Louis) (86), 1991-92 (St. Louis) (70), 1992-93
(St. Louis) (54), 1993-94 (STL) (57)
NHL Goals Leader: 1989-90 (St. Louis) (72 goals), 1990-91 (St. Louis)
(86 goals), 1991-92 (St. Louis) (70 goals)
NHL Power-Play Goals Leader:
1989-90 (St. Louis) (27 goals), 1990-91 (St. Louis) (29 goals), 1993-94 (St.
Louis) (25 goals, tie)
NHL
Game-Winning Goals Leader: 1989-90 (St. Louis) (12 goals, tie), 1990-91 (St.
Louis) (11 goals), 1998-99 (Dallas) (11 goals)
NHL Shots-on-Goal Leader: 1989-90 (St. Louis)
(385 shots),
1990-91 (St. Louis) (389 shots), 1991-92 (St. Louis) (408)
NHL
First-Goals Leader: 1991-92 (St. Louis) (16)
NHL
Hat Tricks Leader: 1989-90 (STL) (5), 1991-92 (STL) (8)
NHL Playoffs Points Leader: 2000 (Dallas) (24 points)
NHL
Playoffs Goals Leader: 2000 (Dallas) (11), 2002 (Detroit) (10)
NHL
Playoffs Assists Leader: 2000 (Dallas) (13 assists, tie)
NHL
Playoffs Power-Play Goals Leader: 1993 (St. Louis) (5, tie)
NHL
Playoffs Shots-on-Goal Leader: 1999 (Dallas) (86 shots)
St. Louis Points Leader: 1988-89 (84), 1989-90 (113), 1990-91 (131),
1991-92 (109), 1995 (50), 1995-96 (83), 1996-97 (82), 1997-98 (72)
St. Louis Goals Leader:
1988-89 (41),
1989-90 (72), 1990-91 (86), 1991-92 (70), 1992-93 (54), 1993-94 (57), 1995
(29), 1995-96 (43), 1996-97 (42)
St. Louis Playoffs Points Leader:
1990 (21), 1992 (8), 1993 (13), 1997 (9)
St. Louis Playoffs Goals Leader:
1988 (7, tie), 1990 (13), 1991 (11), 1992 (4), 1993 (8), 1994 (2, tie), 1995
(6)
St. Louis Playoffs Assists Leader: 1997 (7)
Dallas Goals Leader:
2000-01 (39)
Dallas Playoffs Points Leader: 2000 (24), 2001 (7,
tie)
Dallas Playoffs Goals Leader: 2000 (11)
Dallas Playoffs
Assists Leader: 2000 (13, tie), 2001 (5, tie)
Detroit Points Leader:
2003-04 (68, tie)
Detroit Goals Leader:
2002-03 (37)
Detroit Assists Leader: 2003-04 (43)
Detroit
Playoffs Goals Leader: 2002 (10)
Management Career: Named
Dallas special assistant to the president in April 2006 and held position
through 2006-07 season.
Broadcasting Career: Named NBC studio
analyst on Dec. 5, 2006, and remained in that position through 2006-07
season.
Miscellaneous: Ranked by The Hockey News in 1997 as the 64th greatest
NHL player of all time. ... Signed with Calgary in early May 1986 for
remainder of playoffs after returning from stint with Team USA in 1986 World
Championships. ...
Made his NHL debut in Game 3 of Calgary's Stanley Cup Finals series at
Montreal. He hit the post on his first NHL shot in that game. ... Was one of
last two players cut from Calgary's 1986 training camp, along with Gary
Roberts. ... Made his NHL regular-season debut in Calgary's Nov. 13, 1986,
game vs. Hartford. He scored the game-winning goal to break a 3-3 tie with
12:45 remaining in the third period of that game. ... Played on line with
Mike Bullard and John Tonelli for Calgary in first half of 1987-88 season. ...
Played on line with Joel Otto and Jim Peplinski for second half of 1987-88
season. ... Played on line with Doug Gilmour and Gino Cavallini for St.
Louis in 1987-88. ... Finished third in 1987-88 NHL rookie scoring race with
64 points. ... Finished third among NHL rookies with 32 goals in 1987-88.
... Led all NHL rookies with eight first-goals in 1987-88. ... Played on
line with Bernie Federko and Mike Bullard for St. Louis in first few months
of 1988-89 season. ... Played on line with Peter Zezel for St. Louis for
remainder of 1988-89 season after Zezel was obtained in trade from
Philadelphia. ... Tied for St. Louis lead with 16 power-play and six
game-winning goals in 1988-89. ... Finished fifth in NHL with 305 shots on
goal in 1988-89. ... Played on line with Peter Zezel and Sergio Momesso for
St. Louis in 1989-90. ... Became first St. Louis player to
be voted by fans to the starting lineup of an NHL All-Star Game when he
achieved feat in 1990. ... Named NHL Player of Month for January 1990. ... Reached 50 goals for the first time in his NHL
career when he scored his 50th of the 1989-90 season during St. Louis' Feb.
6, 1990, game vs. Toronto. The goal, scored on a breakaway at 5:55 of the
third period, beat Jeff Reese. The goal made Brett and his father Bobby Hull
the only father-son duo to both score 50 goals in an NHL season. It also
gave him St. Louis record for the fastest 50 goals (55 games). ... Broke
Wayne Babych's St. Louis record for most goals in one season when he scored
his 55th goal of the 1989-90 season during Blues' Feb. 15, 1990, game vs.
Quebec. Fans threw so many souvenir Blues caps on the ice after the goal
that the remaining 5:53 of the second period was tacked on to the start of
the third period so that arena workers would have time to clear the ice. ...
Broke Bernie Federko's St. Louis record for most points in one season when
he recorded his 108th point during Blues' March 17, 1990, game vs.
Detroit. The point came on his 68th goal of the season. ... Tied and broke
Jari Kurri's NHL record for the most goals in one season by a right wing,
when he scored two goals in St. Louis' 1989-90 season finale vs. Minnesota
on March 31, 1990, giving him 72 on the year. ... Finished fifth in NHL with 113
points in 1989-90. ... Set NHL single-season record (since broken) for goals
by a right wing with 72 in 1989-90. ... Set St. Louis single-season records
(since broken) for points (113), goals (72), power-play goals (27),
hat tricks (5), shots on goal (385), and most
consecutive games with at least one point (20) in 1989-90. ... Represented by player agent Bob Goodenow early in his NHL career
and through the signing of his first contract with St. Louis in June 1990.
After Goodenow joined the NHLPA full-time, Mike Barnett became Hull's agent. ...
Missed part of St. Louis' 1990 training camp with pulled right groin, an
injury suffered during Blues' Sept. 7, 1990, preseason Epson Cup game vs.
Edmonton in Dusseldorf, Germany. ... Played on line with Adam Oates and
Sergio Momesso for St. Louis early in 1990-91 season. ... Played on line with Rod Brind'Amour and Geoff Courtnall for St.
Louis for part of 1990-91 season. ... Played on line with Cliff Ronning and
Gino Cavallini for St. Louis for part of 1990-91 season. ... Led all players in
fan voting for 1991 NHL All-Star Game in Chicago with a then-record 432,879
votes. ... Missed 1991 NHL All-Star Game with sprained left ankle, an injury
suffered when Joel Quenneville fell on his leg during St. Louis' Jan. 15,
1991, game vs. Washington. ... Played on line with Adam Oates and Rod
Brind'Amour for part of 1990-91 season following All-Star break. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season with
re-aggravation of left ankle injury, suffered during St. Louis' Jan. 26,
1991, game vs. Detroit. He did not return to action until St. Louis' Feb. 2,
1991, game vs. New Jersey. ... Played on line with Adam Oates and Dave Lowry
for part of 1990-91 season. ... Played on line with Adam Oates and Dave
Thomlinson for St. Louis in 1991 playoffs. ... Finished 1990-91 season with
86 goals, the third-highest single-season total in NHL history. Only Wayne
Gretzky, who had 92 in 1981-82 and 87 in 1983-84, ever scored more goals in
one season then Hull. ... Finished second in NHL with 131 points in 1990-91.
... Shared St. Louis team lead with plus-23 rating in 1990-91. ... Scored a
goal in 67.8 percent of all St. Louis games during the 1989-90 and 1990-91
seasons, the greatest ratio of goal-scoring to games in back to back seasons
by any NHL player. ... Became first St. Louis player to win Hart Trophy when
he achieved feat in 1990-91. ... Opened 1991-92 season on line with Adam Oates and Brendan Shanahan for St.
Louis. ... Played on line with Adam Oates and Dave Christian for part of
1991-92 season. ... Led all players in fan voting for 1992 NHL All-Star
Game. ... Played on line with Craig Janney and Bob Bassen for St. Louis for
remainder of 1991-92 season after Adam Oates was traded in February 1992.
... Served as St. Louis interim captain while Garth Butcher was out with
injury in 1991-92. ... Was first NHL player to reach 100 points during
1991-92 season. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with back spasms, an
injury suffered during the first period of St. Louis' March 12, 1992, game
vs. Detroit. While he was out with the injury, the NHLPA staged a brief
strike. Hull did not return to action until St. Louis' April 12, 1992, game
at Minnesota. He scored the Blues' only goal in that game, a 1-1 tie. The
goal was the 300th goal of Hull's NHL career. ... Had NHL's longest streaks
of consecutive games with at least one point (25) and consecutive games with
at least one goal (10) during 1991-92 season. ... Became only second player in NHL history (after Wayne Gretzky) to score 70
goals in three consecutive seasons, when he achieved feat in 1991-92. ...
Finished fourth in NHL with 109 points in 1991-92. ... Finished tied for
second in NHL with five shorthanded goals in 1991-92. ... Finished third in voting for 1991-92 Hart Trophy. ...
Played on line with Ron Sutter for St. Louis during first half of 1992-93
season. ... Played on line with Kevin Miller and Dave Lowry for St. Louis
during second half of 1992-93 season. ... Led all players in fan voting for
1993 NHL All-Star Game with 303,953 votes. ... Signed richest contract in
St. Louis Blues history on March 6, 1993. The contract had a total value of
$20.6 million over five years. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with
tendinitis in left wrist, an injury originally suffered during St. Louis'
March 4, 1993, game vs. Calgary. He continued to play with the injury, but
re-aggravated it in St. Louis' March 20, 1993, game at Los Angeles and
required having a cast placed on his left hand. He did not return to action
until St. Louis' April 3, 1993, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with trauma to abdominal wall muscle, an injury suffered when he was
checked by Keith Brown during St. Louis' 1993-94 season-opener vs. Florida
on Oct. 7, 1993. He spent the night of Oct. 7 in a hospital and did not
return to action until St. Louis' Oct. 19, 1993, game at San Jose. ...
Named NHL Player of Week for week ending Nov. 15, 1993. ... Passed Bernie Federko as St. Louis' all-time goals leader when he scored his
353rd Blues goal during St. Louis' Jan. 2, 1994, game vs. Calgary. ...Did
not register his first NHL empty-net goal until St. Louis' Jan. 13, 1994,
game vs. Edmonton -- his 500th NHL game. Prior to that game, Hull had
refused to shoot into an empty net because he didn't want such goals
included in his career stats. He was forced to shoot the puck at the empty
net on Jan. 13, 1994, because there was nobody else to pass it to. ...
Scored his 400th career NHL goal during St. Louis' March 1, 1994, game vs.
N.Y. Islanders. ... Finished second in NHL with 57 goals in 1993-94. ...
Missed St. Louis' 1994 training camp with a mild case of
Epstein-Barr virus that caused enlargement of is spleen, an illness
diagnosed during his preseason physical. ... Left St. Louis with career franchise record (since
broken) for regular-season overtime goals (5). ... Scored four goals in St.
Louis' April 16, 1995, game vs. Detroit. It was the first four-goal game of
his NHL career. ... Tied for NHL lead with six shorthanded points in 1995.
... Missed part of 1995-96 season with pulled left groin, an injury suffered
during St. Louis' Oct. 29, 1995, game vs. Washington and re-aggravated
during St. Louis' Nov. 1, 1995, game at Anaheim. He was placed on injured
reserve and did not return to action until St. Louis' Nov. 10, 1995, game
vs. Winnipeg. He re-aggravated the injury in that game and did not return to
action until St. Louis' Nov. 23, 1995, game vs. Vancouver. ... Played on
line with Wayne Gretzky for St. Louis in 1995-96 after Gretzky joined Blues
in late February 1996. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with pulled
hamstring, an injury suffered during St. Louis' March 28, 1996, game vs. New
Jersey. He did not return to action until St. Louis' April 8, 1996, game vs.
Winnipeg. He scored two goals in that game. ... Broke Bernie Federko's St.
Louis record for career playoff points by scoring his 102nd playoff point on
May 14, 1996, at Detroit. ... Led St. Louis with six game-winning goals,
five shorthanded goals, and 327 shots on goal in 1995-96. ... Played on line
with Shayne Corson and Geoff Courtnall for St. Louis early in 1996-97
season. ... Played on line with Pierre Turgeon and Geoff Courtnall for St. Louis in 1996-97
after Blues obtained Turgeon on Oct. 29, 1996. ... Scored his 500th career
NHL goal as part of a hat trick during St. Louis' Dec. 22, 1996, game vs.
Los Angeles. ... Played on line with Robert Petrovicky and Scott Pellerin
for St. Louis for part of 1996-97 season. ... Missed part of 1996-97 season
with strained groin, an injury suffered during St. Louis' March 30, 1997,
game vs. Philadelphia. He did not return to action until St. Louis' April 9,
1997, game at Chicago. He scored the game's only goal in the first period of
that game. The goal was Hull's 500th in a St. Louis uniform. ... Led St.
Louis with 12 power-play goals and 302 shots on goal in 1996-97. ... Played
left wing on line with Pierre Turgeon and Jim Campbell for St. Louis at
start of 1997-98 season. ... Named NHL Player of Week for the week ending
Oct. 12, 1997. ... Named NHL Player of Week for the week ending Nov. 16,
1997. ... Played left wing on line with Pierre Turgeon
and Blair Atcheynum for St. Louis for part of 1997-98 season. ... Missed
part of 1997-98 season with pulled muscle in buttocks, an injury suffered
during St. Louis' Dec. 6, 1997, game vs. Calgary. He did not return to
action until St. Louis' Dec. 11, 1997, game at Ottawa. ... Missed part of
1997-98 season with deep bruise in left thigh, an injury suffered when he
was kneed by Bobby Holik during St. Louis' Dec. 18, 1997, game vs. New
Jersey. He did not return to action until St. Louis' Dec. 22, 1997,
game at Tampa Bay. ... Missed part of 1997-98 season with broken left hand,
an injury suffered when he was slashed by Tomas Sandstrom during St. Louis'
Dec. 27, 1997, game vs. Anaheim. The injury required surgery to place pins
in the bone. The pins were not removed until Jan. 19, 1998, and Hull did not
return to action until St. Louis' Jan. 29, 1998, game vs. Toronto. Because
of the injury, he lost any chance he had of being named to play in the 1998 NHL All-Star Game. ... Played on
line with Craig Conroy and Pierre Turgeon for St. Louis during second half
of 1997-98 season. ... Tied for St. Louis lead with six game-winning goals
in 1997-98. ... Left St. Louis with No. 2
ranking on team's all-time points list (936), No. 2 ranking on team's
all-time assists list (409) and No. 3 ranking on team's all-time
games-played list (744). ... Signed with Dallas as
a Group III unrestricted free agent on July 3, 1998. ... Played on line with
Mike Modano and Jere Lehtinen for Dallas in 1998-99. ... Scored 1,000th
career NHL point in Dallas' Nov. 14, 1998, game at Boston. The assist came
on Jere Lehtinen's empty net goal with 34 seconds left in Dallas' 3-1
victory. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with bruised kidney, an injury
suffered during Dallas' Nov. 20, 1998, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. He did not
return to action until Dallas' Nov. 25, 1998, game vs. New Jersey. ...
Missed part of 1998-99 season with strained groin, an injury suffered during
Dallas' Nov. 25, 1998, game vs. New Jersey. ... Missed part of 1998-99
season with re-aggravation of groin injury, suffered during Dallas' Dec. 2,
1998, game at San Jose. He did not return to action until Dallas' Dec. 15,
1998, game vs. St. Louis. He scored two goals in that game. ... Missed part
of 1998-99 season with strained back, an injury suffered during Dallas' Jan.
10, 1999, game at Vancouver. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with strained
hamstring, an injury suffered during Dallas' Feb. 24, 1999, game vs.
Nashville. He did not return to action until Dallas' March 19, 1999, game
vs. Ottawa. ... Missed part of 1999 playoffs with torn MCL and torn groin
muscle, injuries suffered during Game 3 of Dallas' Stanley Cup Finals'
series at Buffalo on June 12, 1999. He returned for Game 5 of the series on
June 17, 1999, at Dallas. ... Scored Stanley Cup-clinching goal at 14:51 of
third overtime to beat Buffalo on June 19, 1999, thereby ending the longest
Stanley Cup-clinching game in NHL history. ... Tied for fifth in NHL with 15
power-play goals in 1998-99. ... Led Dallas with 11 game-winning goals and
15 power-play goals in 1998-99. ... Played on line with Mike Modano for
Dallas in 1999-00. ... Scored his 600th career NHL goal in Dallas' Dec. 21,
1999, game vs. Anaheim, becoming third-fastest player to reach 600 after
Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. ... Missed part of 1999-00 season with
groin injury, suffered during Dallas' Jan. 12, 2000, game at Calgary. ...
Missed part of 1999-00 season with broken nose, an injury suffered when he
was accidentally hit by Jeff Nielsen's stick as he was hooking Nielsen
during Dallas' Feb. 9, 2000, game at Anaheim. ... Missed part of 1999-00
season with strained hip flexor, an injury suffered during Dallas' March 8,
2000, game vs. Vancouver. ... Led Dallas with 223 shots on goal and tied for
first with 11 power-play goals in 1999-00. ... Missed part of 2000-01 season
with pulled rib cage muscle, an injury suffered during Dallas' Dec. 23,
2000, game at Pittsburgh. He did not return to action until Dallas' Jan. 4,
2001, game at Detroit. ... Led Dallas with eight game-winning goals in
2000-01. ... Played his 1,000th career NHL game for Dallas on Feb. 26, 2001,
at Calgary. ... Led Dallas with 41 shots on goal in 2001 playoffs. ...
Became a Group III free agent for the second time in his career when Dallas
chose not to exercise its $7 million option to keep him for the 2001-02
season. Hull had wanted to stay in Dallas and was willing to take a pay cut,
but the Stars declined his offer. ... Signed with Detroit
as a Group III unrestricted free agent on Aug. 23, 2001. He was able to join
the team because Chris Chelios, Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan had
agreed to defer parts of their salary to make room for Hull on the Red Wings
payroll. ... Scored first career playoff hat trick during Game 6 of
Detroit's first-round series at Vancouver on April 27, 2002. ... Named his
brother, Bobby Hull Jr., as his agent after his former agent, Mike Barnett,
became general manager of the Phoenix Coyotes prior to 2002-03 season. ... Scored his
700th career NHL goal in Detroit's Feb. 10, 2003, game vs. San Jose. ...
Missed part of 2003-04 season with sore back, an injury suffered during
Detroit's Oct. 11, 2003, game vs. Ottawa. The injury ended his streak of 211
consecutive games played, including every game that Detroit had played since
he joined the team in 2001. ... Scored his 732nd NHL to move past Marcel
Dionne into third place on the NHL's all-time goals list during Detroit's
Dec. 8, 2003, game vs. Los Angeles. The goal, scored in overtime, gave
Detroit a 3-2 win. ... Signed with
Phoenix as a Group III unrestricted free agent on Aug. 6, 2004. Prior to
signing with Phoenix, he had been close to a deal to return to Dallas, which
was had offered him a one-year contract. ... Was given No. 9 by Phoenix. The
number had been retired by the organization in honor of Bobby Hull's years
with the WHA Winnipeg Jets, but the team opted to unretire the number for
the younger Hull. ... Has
never missed playoffs during his NHL career.
50
Goals in 50 Games: During the 1990-91 season, Hull became only the fifth
player in NHL history to record 50 goals in 50 or fewer games. He achieved
by scoring twice in St. Louis' Jan. 25, 1991, game at Detroit to reach No.
50 in only his 49th game of the season. The 50th goal came on a power play
at 1:30 of the third period, as Hull beat rookie goaltender Dave Gagnon on a
wrist shot -- ironically, the first NHL goal ever allowed by Gagnon, who had
come in for starter Tim Cheveldae in the third period of a game the Blues
won 9-4. Hull's 49 games were the fourth-fastest 50 goals, tying Wayne
Gretzky's third-fastest season. Only Gretzky and Mario Lemieux reached 50
faster than Hull. Other 50-goal scorers in 50 games were Maurice Richard and
Mike Bossy, who both needed the full 50 games to hit 50 goals. The following
season, in 1991-92, Hull matched his feat by scoring 50 goals in the first
50 games, making him the only player beside Gretzky to achieve the 50-50
mark twice in his career. This time, goal No. 50 came in St. Louis' 50th
game of the season on Jan. 28, 1992, at Los Angeles. Gretzky also scored a
goal for the Kings in that game.
The Skate in the Crease: The biggest
goal of Hull's career--the one that won the Stanley Cup for Dallas in
1999--was also the most controversial. When Hull scored at 14:51 of the
third overtime to beat Buffalo in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals on June
19, it appeared the goal was clean and that Hull had legitimately won the
game for Dallas. The Stars had received the Stanley Cup, skated their
victory lap and left the ice before television replays revealed that the
goal had not been so clean after all. On the play, Hull had picked up his
own rebound just outside the crease, kicked it to his own stick and slid it
past Hasek's left pad. However, the replays showed that Hull's left skate
slid back inside the crease as the puck came out and that Hull had kicked
the puck back into the crease with his right skate while his left skate was
still in it. At the time, this would have constituted a no-goal, as several
other goals during the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals had been negated for similar
reasons. However, in the excitement of Hull's goal, replay officials had not
applied the same scrutiny, and the goal counted. Although Buffalo fans were
enraged, the NHL argued that Hull's goal was legitimate because his skate in
the crease had nothing to do with the goal being scored because the puck had
not changed possession when it rebounded off of Hasek. Therefore, Hull could
not have put himself offsides. The NHL would later clearly redefine its
rules, so that goals like Hull's would not be open to dispute.
Greatest Father-Son Combination: There is no doubt that Bobby and Brett
Hull are the most accomplished father-son duo in hockey history and perhaps
in the history of all team sports. And there is also no doubt that Brett
Hull inherited his powerful slap shot directly from his father. But for many years, particularly early in
Brett Hull's career, there was a major rift between the two men. That
stemmed from the 1978 separation (and 1980 divorce) of Bobby Hull and Brett's mother,
Joanne, who later accused her ex-husband of spousal abuse, and
the fact that Bobby Hull spent very little time with Brett during his
teen-age years. Brett Hull tended to credit his step-father for his
hockey success in college, since his father gave him very little coaching
advice after age 14. Whether they were comfortable with it or not, by 1989 the Hulls were already making father-son
headlines for Brett's achievements. During the 1989-90 season, they became
the first father-son combination to score 50 goals in the NHL and the first
father-son combination to win the same major postseason trophy (Lady Byng). The
following year, 1990-91, Brett Hull won the Hart Trophy, making Bobby and
Brett Hull the only father-son combination to win NHL MVP awards. No other
father-son duo has ever achieved this feat in any other major North American
professional sport. Although Brett's NHL accomplishments brought him closer
to his father, there were still strange moments of tension between them,
such as during the 1991-92 season when, in a newspaper interview, Bobby Hull
criticized his son for not trying hard enough and made the bizarre joke that
if Brett didn't improve, he would "have to go back to being known as Dennis
Hull's brother." Years later, however, the Hulls grew closer again, and
late in his career with St. Louis, Brett Hull expressed a genuine desire to
follow in his father's footsteps by one day playing for Chicago. Although
that never happened, Brett Hull did realize one dream that no one could have
predicted when he entered pro hockey at age 21: During Dallas' Oct. 9, 2000,
game at Toronto, Brett Hull scored his 611th NHL goal, passing his father's
career total and moving into sole possession of ninth place on the NHL's
all-time goals list. "He's a better player than his dad ever thought of
being," said Bobby Hull after the game. "No one shoots the puck better."
An Outspoken Star: If he was nothing else,
Brett Hull was the NHL's greatest free spirit -- a player who always wanted
to have fun, even when he was working at his hardest. Thus, throughout his NHL career,
Hull was never one to mince words, and he often ended up in newspaper
headlines for controversial remarks. As early as his rookie year, he made it
clear that he wasn't the biggest fan of his legendary father, and he later
went on record joking about the Blues' costly mistake of failing to sign him
to a contract extension before his big 1989-90 season. In 1991, Hull made
headlines again when he spoke out against his Canada Cup coach, Bob Johnson,
and expressed regret for playing in that tournament. He was heavily
criticized during the Canada Cup for not taking it seriously enough and
complaining about his limited playing time. Hull responded by saying that he
was "very disappointed that I took two months out of my summer for it."
Later in that 1991-92 season, Hull publicly lashed out at St. Louis fans for
booing Adam Oates because Oates was trying to get more money out of the
team. Hull referred to those Blues fans as "losers" and said he wanted to
"rip the head off" one particular fan who was waving a derogatory sign that
made fun of Oates. Hull also made it clear that he was not happy with the
team for allowing the Oates contract dispute to end with Oates' Feb. 7,
1992, trade to Boston. The Oates trade was particularly rough on Hull, who
lost his best friend as a teammate as well as the player he credited with
much of his success. After the trade, he told Hockey News reporter Dave Luecking that he felt "empty." A year later, weeks after
signing a $20.2 million contract, Hull criticized the Blues for not letting
him play enough and failing to surround him with good players. During the
1993-94 season, Hull spoke out against the NHL's replacement officials, who
were working during a strike by the regular officials that ran from Nov. 15,
1993, through Dec. 1, 1993. Hull called the performance of the replacements
"sickening." Later that season, Hull was one of the first NHL
stars to openly complain about the changing defensive schemes that were
changing the nature of the NHL product and to suggest that fans weren't
getting their money's worth. Following the 1993-94 season, he again lashed
out after a rumor circulated claiming his agent, Mike Barnett, was trying to
trade him to Los Angeles so he could play on the same team as Wayne Gretzky.
Hull said that the rumor was a lie and hinted that members of the St. Louis
front office might have even started it because certain people were trying
to run him out of town. Hull found more controversy during the 1994-95 NHL lockout, when
he stepped up as a vocal
critic of the NHL owners. After a Nov. 2, 1994, NHLPA meeting in which Hull
had raised the possibility of playing under the old Collective
Bargaining Agreement and a no-strike clause, he told the media there
wouldn't likely be a 1994-95 season because the "owners don't want to play."
He later backed off of those statements, telling the press he expected a
deal to be reached by Jan. 1, 1995 (a deal was reached in mid-January). In
1997-98, after a long, drawn-out feud with Mike Keenan, Hull turned his
attention back to criticism of the league, describing the NHL as a "rodeo on
ice" and threatening to retire at the end of the season. "The league had
better wake up," he said. "It's disappointing for the game. People better
start watching and figure it out. It's embarrassing. How can they let the
game be like that? It's a hooking and holding fest." Later in the
season, Hull began telling the media he did not see himself re-signing
with the Blues. On Dec. 26, 1997, he told a Chicago sports talk radio show
that he did not think the Blues were serious about keeping him when he
reached Group III free agency on July 1, 1998. The comments irritated Blues
management, because they came shortly before a game between the Blues and Blackhawks. At the time, Hull was in a dispute over a new contract because
the Blues wanted him to take a pay reduction from his 1997-98 salary. Also
during that season, Hull went on the record as saying that the NHL had
become "too depressing, too boring. This game sucks to watch." Hull also
criticized the NHL leadership, saying "they've got the wrong people in
charge." NHL commissioner Gary Bettman then called Hull to ask him to
understand that the league was trying to address its problems. Hull took yet
another shot in the media that month, when he questioned the value of
playing in the 1998 Olympics in Japan. Hull said he didn't like the
idea of having to leave his own comfortable home to have to rough it in the
Olympic Village. These comments managed to alienate international
hockey fans. But after the Olympics, Hull was impressive in his insistence
that three Team USA players who had trashed rooms in Nagano come forward and
own up to what they had done -- proving that Hull's outspoken nature cut
both ways. And during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, which wiped out an entire
NHL season, Hull was one of the first NHL stars to go on the record as
saying that he would be forced to retire if the 2005-06 season couldn't
start on time.
Hull and Keenan: After the
St. Louis Blues
hired Mike Keenan as their general manager and head coach during the summer
of 1994, Hull began to suggest that he might be interested in leaving St.
Louis, particularly if it meant he could go to Los Angeles and play on a
line with Gretzky. Hull said he respected Keenan as a coach, but thought
they would clash since Keenan believed in a serious attitude, and Hull was
known for wanting to have fun on the ice. Hull reportedly was also upset
because he heard that the Blues had been willing to give him to the New York
Rangers to compensate the Rangers for signing Keenan. He later reversed his
stance in September 1994, claiming he was thrilled to have Keenan on board.
He said he was angry at management, but not Keenan, and that he was eager to
continue his career in St. Louis. The NHL lockout delayed the start of
Hull's first season under Keenan, but Hull soon found himself in conflict
with his new coach. After Craig Janney was benched by St. Louis as a result of
a dispute with
Keenan in early 1995, Hull was quick to speak out in defense of Janney. The following
season, in October, 1995, Hull and Keenan had a major falling out when
Keenan stripped Hull of the Blues captaincy prior to an Oct. 23
practice--the day after he said Hull had not played hard enough in an Oct.
22 loss at Buffalo. Hull then went to the media and criticized Keenan's
coaching ability. He also said Keenan had embarrassed Dale Hawerchuk by not
letting him play in Buffalo. Keenan said he had already made the decision to
take the captaincy away from Hull before the whole dispute over the Buffalo
game. Although Keenan later convinced Hull to serve as an assistant captain
in December 1995, Hull and Keenan continued to feud in the media for months
after the incident. In January 1996, Hull said that even the St. Louis fans
didn't like Keenan. This came at a time when Keenan was rumored to be trying
to trade Hull. "He has moved a lot of people," Hull told The Hockey News,
"But without sounding egotistical, he can't move me because they'd kill
him--the fans." Hull continued to blast Keenan publicly for the next several
weeks, and Keenan responded by saying that Hull was out of line because "he
has never been on a championship club and he doesn't know fundamentally what
it takes." Hull's distaste for Keenan got a brief respite late in the
season, when the Blues acquired Gretzky from Los Angeles -- enabling Hull to
play with his close friend. Still, the Keenan-Hull feud continued after
Gretzky's arrival, because Keenan criticized Hull for not maintaining his
past intensity with Grezky on his line. He also said that Shayne Corson was
more important to the team that Hull. Hull then ripped Keenan for breaking
up the Gretzky-Hull line, claiming the Blues had no chance at a Stanley Cup
unless he and Gretzky were playing together. After Gretzky left the team as
a free agent in the summer of 1996, Hull was reportedly offered to both
Chicago and later Phoenix in a trade for Jeremy Roenick. These events upset
Hull, particularly the loss of Gretzky, whom Hull didn't think received a
fair contract offer from the Blues. Hull also said he did not want to be
traded, and that he would outlast Keenan in St. Louis. He backed up his
determination to make life tough for Keenan by turning in an All-Star
performance playing left wing at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey -- proving he still had
talent that Keenan was not utilizing properly in St. Louis. By the start of
1996 training camp, Hull had changed his tune again -- saying that his
feud with Keenan was officially over. However, within a few months, Hull was
indirectly criticizing Keenan without mentioning him by name. By
early December 1996, things boiled over again when Keenan scratched Hull
from the lineup for a Dec. 6, 1996, game at Colorado. The benching followed a
series of Hull criticisms, and Hull accepted the decision
even though he said he didn't agree with it. Again, he reiterated that
Keenan would not break him or make him want to leave St. Louis. Hull had
support from management, which was reportedly afraid to trade him and
anger its fans. In the end, Hull's goal of outlasting his coach was
realized, because the Blues fired Keenan with three years left on his
contract on Dec. 19, 1996. After Keenan left, Hull expressed his great
relief, saying that his anger at his coach had been consuming him and
affecting his play. A year later, however, after Keenan was hired in
Vancouver, Hull said he and Keenan were friends again after they had a talk,
initiated by Hull, prior to Vancouver's Dec. 8, 1997, game at St. Louis. "I
just wanted to tell him there were no hard feelings," Hull explained. "It
just didn't work out in hockey. I told him I learned a lot from it, and he
said he did, too."
Leaving St. Louis: In 1998, Brett Hull's more than 10-year run as a member of the St. Louis Blues
organization finally came to an end in a contract dispute. Hull wanted to
stay in St. Louis after reaching Group III free agency, and he was only
asking for a $300,000 raise to $5 million per season for the next four
years. But St. Louis, which had originally offered $10 million over three
years refused to give Hull the one thing he really wanted -- a no-trade
clause. St. Louis did come up with the $15 million offer over three years,
but Hull refused to accept it before the March 17 deadline the Blues had set
for him -- all but assuring that he would go to free agency. Hull was angry
that the Blues were willing to give Grant Fuhr the no-trade clause, but
wouldn't at least give Hull approval over any trade. Hull said he would not
take a three-year deal without the no-trade clause. At that point, the Blues
said they were willing to let him go to free agency and would not continue
their talks until after July 1, 1998. In April 1998, Hull put his St. Louis
home up for sale in anticipation that he might be leaving the team even
though he said he was still hoping to remain in St. Louis. The Blues had
held on to Hull past the 1997-98 trade deadline because they felt they had a
shot at the Stanley Cup. This did not come to pass, as the Blues were
eliminated by Detroit in the 1998 Western Conference semifinals. After the
season, 87 percent of the fans in a local newspaper poll expressed their
desire to see Hull remain in St. Louis. Things changed, however, in
mid-June, when St. Louis made a big contract offer to Al MacInnis, who was
also on the verge of free agency. MacInnis signed the three-year deal that
included the no-trade clause Hull had been demanding. The Blues were
unwilling to give the same kind of offer to Hull. The MacInnis deal was
essentially the final straw. On June 30, 1998, Blues general manager Larry
Pleau told Hull that St. Louis had decided not to re-sign him and he should
go elsewhere. Hull became a free agent on July 1, 1998, and signed a
three-year contract with Dallas two days later on July 3, 1998. Ironically,
Dallas ended up giving him his no-trade clause. |
| NHL SALARY HISTORY |
Contract signed with Calgary in May 1986
(Four years, $500,000, including club option for fourth year) | |
1986-87: $125,000 |
1987-88: $125,000 |
1988-89: $125,000 | |
Hull traded on March 7, 1988. Option on Calgary contract picked up by
St. Louis on June 30, 1989 |
1989-90: $125,000 |
|
Contract signed with St. Louis on June 9, 1990
(Four years, $7.166 million, including club option for fourth year) |
1990-91: $1,866,000
(w/ $600,000 sign bonus) |
1991-92: $1,500,000 |
1992-93: $1,600,000 | |
Contract renegotiated during 1992-93 season |
1993-94: $2,200,200
(renegotiated, never paid) |
|
Renegotiated contract signed with St. Louis on March 6, 1993
(Five years, $20.2 million, including $1.6 million deferred) | |
1993-94: $2,200,000 |
1994-95: $3,500,000 |
1995-96: $3,800,000 | |
1996-97: $4,400,000 |
1997-98: $4,700,000 | |
|
Contract signed with Dallas on July 3, 1998
(Three years, $17.5 million, plus club option for fourth year) |
1998-99: $5,000,000
(plus no-trade clause) |
1999-00: $5,500,000
(plus no-trade clause) |
2000-01: $7,000,000
(plus no-trade clause) | |
Dallas declined option on June 30, 2001 |
2001-02: $7,000,000
(declined, never paid) |
|
Contract signed with Detroit on August 23, 2001
(Two years, $9 million [part deferred], plus incentive option year) | |
2001-02: $3,500,000 |
2002-03 $5,500,000 |
Incentive: New contract for 35 goals in 2002-03 | |
Hull scored 35 goals in 2002-03, triggering automatic one-year
contract of $4.5 million for 2003-04. Terms of one-year deal later
renegotiated. |
|
Renegotiated contract signed with Detroit on March 28, 2003
(One year, $5 million) | |
2003-04: $5,000,000 |
Detroit did not offer Hull a 2004-05 contract. |
|
Contract signed with Phoenix on August 6, 2004
(Two years, $4.5 million guaranteed, plus incentives) | |
2004-05: $2,250,000 |
No incentives in first year | |
2005-06: $2,250,000 |
Incentives: Up to $750,000 additional salary |
|
Total NHL Earnings: $57,816,000
(Reflects only base salary payout through 2004-05) |
|
|
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA); Moncton (AHL)
Olympics: 1998 (USA) (5-8 place),
2002 (USA) (silver medal)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (USA) (first), 2004
(USA) (fourth)
Canada Cup: 1991 (USA) (second place)
World Championships: 1986
(USA)
(sixth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
USA Hockey Distinguished Achievement
Award: 2003
Hockey News Minor League Player of Year:
1986-87 (Moncton)
AHL Garrett Award (Rookie of Year): 1986-87 (Moncton)
AHL Tim
Horton Trophy (Canadian 3-Stars Lead): 1986-87 (Mon.)
WCHA Freshman of Year: 1984-85 (Minnesota-Duluth)
World Cup of
Hockey All-Star First Team: 1996
AHL All-Star First Team: 1986-87 (Moncton)
WCHA All-Star First
Team: 1985-86 (Minnesota-Duluth)
Minnesota-Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame: Inducted 1997
Minnesota-Duluth
Rookie of Year: 1984-85
AHL Records: Most consecutive games with at least one goal (14 for
Moncton from Jan. 24, 1987, through Feb. 21, 1987)
WCHA Records: Most goals by a freshman in one season (32 for
Minnesota-Duluth in 1984-85)
Minnesota-Duluth
Records: Most career hat tricks (10), most goals in one season (52 in
1985-86), most power-play goals in one season (20 in 1985-86), most hat
tricks in one season (7 in 1985-86), most multiple-goal games in one season
(13 in 1985-86), most goals by a freshman in one season (32 in 1984-85)
World Cup of Hockey Points Leader: 1996 (11 points)
World Cup
of Hockey Goals Leader: 1996 (7 goals)
World Cup of Hockey
Power-Play Goals Leader: 1996 (3 goals)
NCAA Goals Leader:
1985-86 (Minnesota-Duluth) (52 goals)
WCHA Goals Leader:
1985-86 (Minnesota-Duluth) (52 goals)
Miscellaneous: Led all WCHA
freshmen with 60 points in 1984-85. ... Was finalist for
1985-86 Hobey Baker Award. ... Led Minnesota-Duluth
with 84 points and 52 goals in 1985-86. ... Left University of Minnesota
at Duluth after his sophomore season to pursue pro career. ... Wore
No. 9 for Moncton (AHL) in 1986-87. ... Played on line with Randy Burridge
for Moncton (AHL) in 1986-87. ... Became only second rookie in AHL history
to score 50 goals in season when he achieved feat in 1986-87. He reached the
50-goal mark by scoring twice in the last 11 minutes of Moncton's April 5,
1987, season finale vs. Nova Scotia. ... Played for USA in 1986 Calgary
Cup, an international tournament that served as a tuneup for the 1988
Olympics in Calgary. ... Broke Daryl Evans' AHL record for consecutive games
with at least one goal when he scored in Moncton's Feb. 21, 1987, game at
Nova Scotia -- his 14th
consecutive game with a goal. ... Attended Team USA's training camp for 1987
Canada Cup, but did not make final tournament roster. ... Purchased home in
Duluth, Minn., and continued to attend University of Minnesota at Duluth
during off-seasons of his early playing days. ... Appeared on Late Night
With David Letterman and the Today Show during the 1989-90
season. ... Was on St. Louis team that opened 1990 training camp by winning
Epson Cup tournament in Dusseldorf, Germany, and was named to Epson Cup
all-tournament team. ... Played on Wayne Gretzky's Ninety-Nine All-Stars
six-game tour of Europe during the 1994-95 NHL lockout. ... Appeared on
Saturday Night Live in "Weekend Update" editorial segment in December
2004. ... Played competitive
fast-pitch softball in Duluth, Minn., during off-seasons of early NHL
playing days. ... An avid golfer throughout his NHL career, he competed in
the 1998 Isuzu Celebrity Golf Classic and attempted to qualify for two U.S.
Open tournaments. In May 2003, he shot an 80 in Austin, Texas, but failed to
qualify. ... Active in charitable causes during his playing days,
including work with March of Dimes. ... Named to ACHA All-Time West team in
1997. ... Named one of WCHA's all-time Top 50 players by the conference on
Dec. 20, 2001.
Personal:
Nicknamed "The Golden Brett" and "Hullie." ... Full name is Brett Andrew Hull. ... Son of
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull. ... Younger brother of former major junior
player Bobby Hull Jr., who became his agent late in his career. ... Younger brother of former Canadian
junior player Blake Hull. ... Older brother of former minor-leaguer and
Canadian Football League player Bart Hull. ... Nephew of former NHL player Dennis
Hull.
American or Canadian?: Although he was born and raised in
Canada, and had a legendary Canadian father, Hull chose to
identify with the United States when it came to his international career. At
the time he was drafted in 1984, he was still Canadian with dual American
citizenship because his mother was from Chicago. He
made the big decision to become a full-time American citizen two years after the
draft--in his sophomore year at
the University of Minnesota at Duluth. This decision had more to do with
hockey than heritage. Although Hull dominated the WCHA
as a high-scoring sophomore, Canada did not to invite him to training camp for the 1986 World Championships in Moscow. Hurt by
Team Canada
coach Dave King's decision to exclude him from the team simply because he
wasn't an NHL player, Hull saw a chance to play for Team USA if
he received citizenship in time for the tournament. His familiarity with the
U.S. dated back to the first six years of his life, when he was growing up
in Chicago, but it was his mother's birthplace that made it easier for him
to gain the citizenship he needed
in time for the 1986 tournament. Team USA coach Dave Peterson then took the
bold step of naming Hull to his team of mostly U.S. college stars just
before the tournament began -- thereby denying at least one other American player
the chance to represent his country. Recognizing that Peterson had gone out
on a limb for him, Hull chose to go ahead and commit himself to USA Hockey
for the remainder of his career.
This was also the case in 1991, when both Team Canada and Team USA invited
Hull to their Canada Cup training camps, and he chose to remain in the USA
Hockey program. As far as Olympic or World Championships participation,
however, Hull's decision was
already set in stone, because after he appeared in that
1986 tournament, strict IIHF rules would not allow him to play for any
country but the United States. Throughout his international career, Hull
insisted that he was loyal to USA Hockey, and didn't particularly consider
himself an American or Canadian. "It's not my fault," he told The Hockey
News in 1998. "I was a kid who wanted a chance to play and I was given
one." Years later, Hull had one of his greatest hockey moments at Canada's
expense, when he scored the tying goal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey
championship game with only 3:18 left in regulation, setting up a four-goal
rally that buried the Canadian team. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Calgary traded Hull and Steve Bozek to St. Louis in exchange for Rob Ramage
and Rick Wamsley on March 7, 1988. The deal was made on the day before the
NHL's trading deadline. |
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SNAPSHOT '84 | | Total Selected: |
250 | | Forwards: |
142 | | Defense: |
88 | | Goaltenders: |
20 | | Major Junior: |
110 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
16/9 | | College Players: |
23 | | High School: |
47 | | Midget: |
4 | | U.S. Junior B: |
1 |
| Canadian: |
145 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
63 |
| European: |
41 |
| Reached NHL: |
102 |
| Stanley Cup: |
20 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
31 |
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